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01/10/2013
Topaz To Create 100 New Jobs
Service station operator Topaz are to create 100 new jobs with the construction of two new motorway service stations.
An investment of €8m is funding the building of two new services at Junction 3 on the Dublin-Cork motorway (M8) near Ballacolla in Co Laois, and Junction 5 on the Dublin-Waterford motorway (M9) in Co Carlow.
Work is due to begin on the Co Laois station in January.
The Co Carlow build is awaiting planning approval, but work is provisionally due to begin next summer.
An additional 200 people are expected to be employed during the construction of the two sites.
(MH/JP)
An investment of €8m is funding the building of two new services at Junction 3 on the Dublin-Cork motorway (M8) near Ballacolla in Co Laois, and Junction 5 on the Dublin-Waterford motorway (M9) in Co Carlow.
Work is due to begin on the Co Laois station in January.
The Co Carlow build is awaiting planning approval, but work is provisionally due to begin next summer.
An additional 200 people are expected to be employed during the construction of the two sites.
(MH/JP)
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